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RETURN, AND GOME TO GOD.
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To the zenith ascended,
 From Joseph's dark tomb,
Star of Jesse! so rivet
 My gaze through the gloom,

That Thy beauty imbibing,
 My dross may refine,
Till in splendour reflected
 I burn and I shine.

"Hide Me Under the Shadow of Thy Wings."
Still nigh me, O my Saviour, stand,
 And guard in fierce temptation's hour;
Hide in the hollow of Thy hand;
 Show forth in me Thy saving power:
Still be Thine arm my sure defence,
Nor earth nor hell shall pluck me thence.

In suffering be Thy love my peace!
 In weakness be Thy love my power!
And when the storms of life shall cease,
 Jesus, in that important hour,
In death, as life, be Thon my guide,
And save me, who for me hast died.

Return, and Come to God.
  Return, and come to God;
  Cast all your sins away;
Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood;
  Repent, believe, obey!

  Say not ye cannot come;
  —For Jesus bled and died,
That none who seek in humble faith
  Should ever be denied.

  Say not ye will not come;
  'Tis God vouchsafes to call;
And fearful will their end be found
  On whom His wrath shall fall.

  Come, then, whoever will:
  Come, while 'tis called to-day;
Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood;
  Repent, believe, obey.

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